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Repeated targeting of the same hosts by a brood parasite compromises host egg rejection
Cuckoo eggs famously mimic those of their foster parents to evade rejection from discriminating hosts. Here we test whether parasites benefit by repeatedly parasitizing the same host nest. This should make accurate rejection decisions harder, regardless of the mechanism that hosts use to identify fo...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Pub. Group
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3791459/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24064931 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms3475 |